Israel honors Oct. 7 hero Eden Nimri with moving Memorial Day tribute
During the battle at the Nahal Oz outpost, she fought valiantly, using her body to shield her subordinates and ultimately sacrificing her life to save others.
During the battle at the Nahal Oz outpost, she fought valiantly, using her body to shield her subordinates and ultimately sacrificing her life to save others.
Investigators now estimate that Shapira’s actions directly saved more than 30 people. Hezy Laing Staff Sgt. Aner Shapira, from Rehovot, has become one of the
The owner of the felafel stand made a quiet promise when the war began: any soldier who walked in wearing a uniform would eat without paying.
Their goal was to kill at least 12,000 SS personnel.
About 10% of those killed in action—roughly 400 soldiers—were survivors.
He never got to read the words, but the letter he left behind became a living testament for his family, his subordinates, and the entire Israeli people.
‘I thought I had seen everything. But when I saw what the Israeli Air Force is doing in Iran, I realized I’m still a student.’
Inside safe rooms, Israelis often hear a sequence of sounds that can be unsettling even for those accustomed to them. The deep, distant thud of a rocket landing, the rising wail of the siren, and then the sharp booms of interceptions overhead.
‘Why does God take the good ones? And you were the best of the best.’
Shaked Meir, son of the late David Meir who fell in Bari on October 7, celebrated a moving halakeh ceremony next to his father’s grave on Mount Herzl.
Pilots navigate through and around multiple air-defense zones, adjusting altitude and speed to avoid detection corridors.
Raised in a working‑class family near Tehran, he lived an ordinary student life until he and classmates were arrested by the Basij militia and tortured.
The tank crews were in “shock” at the dedication of the youth who had stepped in when formal military logistics failed to provide an immediate fix.
One of the first acts of resistance against the Hamas invasion on October 7th.
Eleven family members crowded into the home’s reinforced shelter.
‘It was a moment both magical and heartbreaking.’
A massive blast threw Mendel into the air. He woke up on the ground, fully conscious. His ears rang. He smelled gunpowder.
There is no gentle way to say the words that will shatter a home.
In 1961, after more than 14 years of clandestine work, she was arrested by Lebanese authorities, tortured, and sentenced to death.
Doctors warned his family that his chances of survival were slim.
